The effects of children on married and lone mothers' employment in the United States and (West) Germany

European Sociological Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-157

  Drobnič, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0034337076     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/16.2.137     Document Type: Article

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